You see, we don’t get functional programming by starting with an imperative language and cutting off its legs. A purely functional subset of Java or C or Python would be miserable little languages.

Functional programming encourages expression-oriented programming, so you’ll want to avoid using statements as much as possible. For example, suppose you want to replace Java’s if – else ...

Functional programming languages will have a place in general application development when we can read their code at a glance Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know functional ...

The advocates of functional programming say this is example of being able to catch an entire class of errors at compile time, leading to more predictable, reliable, and stable code.

In-Depth Functional Programming, the .NET Way, Part 2 We looked at the basic features of functional programming with Visual F#. In this second part, we take it a bit farther and look at creating ...

Object-oriented programming has a lot of well-established design principles, such as the SOLID principles, but when moving towards functional programming many developers don’t know how to use ...

Key idioms in functional programming involve currying (partially applying functions) and using the map, filter, and reduce constructs for engaging with data structures.

In-Depth Functional Programming, the .NET Way The functional programming paradigm, which has been around for decades, has never gone out of style. In this two-part series, we look at Microsoft's ...